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Fable III Announced at gamescom

As expected, Lionhead Studios' Peter Molyneux has officially revealed Fable III today at the German gamescom show. GI.biz posted initial news which states that the game will continue to use the theme of Albion, albeit from a perspective of revolution this time.

Fable III will continue to focus on heroics in the world of Albion - using the theme of revolution - and although Molyneux is only currently revealing the story behind the game, he admitted that it's important to continue to revitalise a series to avoid losing consumer interest.

In an interview with Molyneux, more about the focus of the game was revealed:

Peter Molyneux: It's always tricky when a sequel comes along on the same platform - traditionally this is when sales drop off. So with Fable III we're going to take a bold step forward. With the Fable franchise we want people to expect the unexpected, but for the time being we're just going to be talking about the story.

So in Fable the player was one of many heroes, while in Fable II the player was the only hero - but in Fable III we're allowing you to be a rebel hero, trying to overthrow a tyrant to become the ruler of Albion yourself.

We'll be bringing you more on Fable III in the very near future.

Bryn says: The game's been teased over the past week running up to gamescom, and it's no real shock to hear that Fable III is coming. Given the huge success of the last game, it makes sense that Lionhead would want to give us another Albion-based yarn.

Something else that's come to light is the just-announced Fable Episodes for Fable II -- GI.biz says that this will consist of five chapters, the first one being free to play, and the others being sold individually or as a whole as part of a season pass. These will start to role out on September 29th, and should give Fable II players more reason to stick around.